Walked between caravans

[Tevion28]

Hi currently staying on in my friends holiday home and me and dp wanted to walk down to the river and took a quick route between 2 caravans and a lady came out and shouted very aggressivly do not walk between the caravans and slammed her door shut so was we in the wrong.

Yanbu op she sounds batshit crazy. Everyone does it.

shes mad to scream at you like that. You went between the caravans. You didnt go inside and start making a cuppa

I spent just about every summer of my childhood and teens on a caravan site and walking between the vans was not an issue. It's mad how precious some people are being

@Whinginadeville

Years ago I'd pop into the disabled toilet if there was a big queue for the ladies. Mumsnet totally educated me on why this is not OK. It's selfish as is cutting through on a caravan site. You didn't know and didn't think hopefully this thread will make more people aware and less selfish as a result.

Ok - using a disabled toilet when your not disabled IS NOT the same as cutting through caravans ffs!

I'm so glad I don't live in MN land.

I've walked between the vans for 20 years on our site. Our kids play around them on the grass. Despite the fact that loads of people live in them full time, and keep little gardens, no-one has ever moaned.

Well then don’t walk in between other peoples caravans I’d you don’t want to be yelled at

Just come back from a holiday park she is being rude and precious. The people around us were lovely.

I've owned caravans in multiple caravan parks in Wales and this has never been a thing, you clearly weren't in Happy Valley Op Was there anything in the caravans "garden" like ornaments or what have you to make it look like a recreational area? Gnomes etc

Sitting in a touring site as I type this, not only is it listed as one of the rules on this campsite it also is about having respect for your neighbours. Some campsites don't list it as a rule but all caravaners know not to do it.

The OP made a mistake, the caravan owner could have been nicer about it but this could have also been the umpteenth time it happened to her today. Also if she is in a spot where it looks like a shortcut could be had she is likely fed up to the back teeth of it!!

Static owners do 'own' from their unit to the next, the area to the back and front but are not allowed any fence or divider, so the site remains tidy. Just respect their space, stick to roads and paths, then everyone is happy.

Enjoy your stay.

😂😂😂😂 the preciousness on this thread is oot the game! OP carry on about your business and ignore the woman. Jesus Christ.

My parents have a sited caravan and it is an unwritten rule, it's rude. Those that have said they do it all the time and people don't mind; no it's most likely that they don't have the balls to say something.
Yes she was rude but for all you know you were the tenth person to do it that day and she had had enough.

Whinginadeville I am happy that you found the time back then to tell mumsnet you used the disabled toilets and wise mumsnet educated you. It must have taken over your day what you did. OP let it go and stop thinking about it ffs.

I love this thread. YANBU OP.

And when you leave your caravan from the side door, how do you manage to not walk between yours and the next door one ? Are you supposed to make a hole in the roof of yours to exit and then leap over the top..

At the static caravan holiday site we’ve just been to everyone walked in between the vans.
I felt a bit weird about it and I know it’s not really the done thing on touring van sites.

The caravan owner will put up mantraps and ''No Trespassing'' next.

But I do agree...Shortcuts going between tents or caravans are considered 'Rude'.

A road where we lived backed on to a College, and an end of terrace house used to get students cutting across the back and front gardens to save 5 each way mins at break time.
That was really, really cheeky!

It was a mistake, there’s never a reason to shout at anyone when you can speak politely. Yanbu

Those sorts of petty rules made us realise static caravan holidays weren't for us.

I would look on site rules about permanent pitches & see what it says or if there are any other rule - or ask at office about possibility of buying caravan & renting site & ask about the pitch rules re this
than you know & can ignore her or act accordingly
or cross between different caravans
simples!

@Whinginadeville

Years ago I'd pop into the disabled toilet if there was a big queue for the ladies. Mumsnet totally educated me on why this is not OK. It's selfish as is cutting through on a caravan site. You didn't know and didn't think hopefully this thread will make more people aware and less selfish as a result.

I cannot explain hard enough how this is literally not the same thing in any way whatsoever

I've stayed in caravans that have windows or decks right near the designated path so how is walking past the "bottom" of a caravan vs the side a breach of privacy?

Years ago I'd pop into the disabled toilet if there was a big queue for the ladies. Mumsnet totally educated me on why this is not OK. It's selfish as is cutting through on a caravan site. You didn't know and didn't think hopefully this thread will make more people aware and less selfish as a result.

OMG are you actually comparing using a disabled toilet despite not being disabled to walking past someone's caravan? 🤦🏻‍♀️😆

Some campsites don't list it as a rule but all caravaners know not to do it.

So if it's not listed & you're not a caravaner how do you know?

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland

In my experience "unwritten rules" in any sphere of life are usually made up by "regulars" who like to use them as a means of belittling those who are new/infrequent. Its a way of unconsciously policing any clique. Don't know the "rules"? Can't be job our gang then.

If it's not written down, showing on signs around the site, or included in the site rules you are given on arrival, it's not a thing, whether the regulars would like it to be or not.

This....

I wouldn't jump through someone's garden pots as a shortcut... But empty grass between two static caravans that will save me a much longer walk... Absolutely...

I'm not shouting /peering thriguh their windows . It takes me, what 5 seconds to walk through between 2 caravans...

Yes es the owning the road stuff...

Several of us are doing battle locally... We park our cars outside the main parking area in town... As it cost almost 1000£ per year for a permit...

I regularly move my car so its not sitting outside someone's house all the time ...

We NEVER block drives. All the houses in this estate have drives for 2/3 cars and fairly long front gardens...

The number of times we have had notes on windscreens as these house owners have decided they 'own' the 4 or 5 spaces outside their house on a public road... For their visitors/or themselves.. They don't..

One very unpleasant jobsworth came and shouted at me in the dark, after a long journey home after a distressing day. I was pretty short back... And told him next time he left a nasty message on my car, he could include a copy of the law/bylaws which prevent the public from parking safely on this road.

If the area outside the van is for my sole use as a garden why is the size of that garden not included in the specs? I'd like to know if I'm getting my moneys worth depending on the size of the area.